East Lancs. Table Tennis League Match reports & latest tables 13th March 2012

Premier Division

Team Played Won Drawn Lost Pts

1. Hyndburn TTC A 14 14 0 0 376

2. Burnley Boys Cl 16 13 0 3 373

3. Ramsbottom A 15 9 1 5 346

4. Clitheroe LMC A 14 12 0 2 340

5. East Lancs 16 8 0 8 314

6. Ramsbottom B 15 6 0 9 284

7. Ward & Stobbart 15 7 1 7 283

8. Rovers 15 2 0 13 223

9. Hyndburners 16 2 1 13 193

10. The Lions 14 0 1 13 123

In the Premier This week Burnley Boys Club trio of Keith Lee, Andrea Harrison & Martin Wyatt move back up to second spot after giving Hyndburners a thrashing 30: 5 & then in a crucial game v Clitheroe LMC ‘A’ won well at home 29:13 (Martin Wyatt & Keith Lee unbeaten across both games). Ramsbottom ‘A’ go third following a 21:16 home win against Ward & Stobbart helped by man of the match Graham Hoy winning all his games. Ward & Stobbart faired better winning away v The Lions with Keith Jackson unbeaten & Keith Ward with 100% stats on the night . East Lancs had a good week inspired by Matt Nettleton unbeaten across two matches as they saw off Hyndburners 28:11 and Rovers 27:11. Ramsbottom ‘B’ with Neil Booth & Martin Holt with 3/3 each were victors 27:13 to Rovers, though Rovers look as if they will now be safe from the relegation zone.

Division One

Team Played Won Drawn Lost Pts

1. Old Masters 16 11 0 5 335

2. KSB A 13 11 1 1 329

3. KSB B 16 8 1 7 325

4. Clitheroe LM B 15 10 0 5 302

5. Brierfield 14 9 0 5 282

6. Hyndburn TT B 14 7 0 7 275

7. Nets 'N' Edges 15 5 0 10 258

8. HSC 14 6 1 7 255

9. Whalley Eagles 14 3 0 11 223

10. KSB C 15 1 1 13 175

KSB A with games in hand look set to comfortably win Division One and won away again this week 21:18 v Brierfield despite a fine unbeaten performance from Jack Keogh. His efforts of 100% stats v Hyndburn ‘B’ though, meant Brierfield won that game 24:15 and keep promotion still a possibility. KSB ‘B’ led forward by Ray Kay (3/3) are also setting their sights on promotion as they won 22:9 v their club colleagues KSB ‘C’. Clitheroe LMC ‘B’ lost a little hope in the promotion battle losing this week to HSC 13:23 with HSC’s Frank Hamer in good form and winning all his games. Old Masters, out of at least 4 teams battling for it, are still best placed to gain the second promotion spot and had good win this week helped by Roger Whewell (3/3) as they triumphed 26:18 over Whalley Eagles.

Division Two

Team Played Won Drawn Lost Pts

1. Whalley Hawks 15 11 0 4 333

2. KSB D 14 11 0 3 328

3. Tackyfire 15 8 0 7 312

4. Hyndburn TTC C 14 10 0 4 310

5. Whalley Kestrels 15 7 0 8 301

6. Hyndburn TTC D 13 10 0 3 281

7. Adpak Aces 15 6 0 9 256

8. Doals Army 12 5 0 7 209

9. The Misfits 12 1 0 11 155

10. Slayers 13 0 0 13 140

There was a potential promotion decider this week between the two young teams in Division Two which saw Hyndburn TTC ‘D’ come out on top 19:13 v Whalley Hawks with Hyndburn’s unbeaten hero being Charlie McGrath. Yet even with two games in hand a gap of 42 points between them & the Hawks may still be asking too much for the Hyndburn ‘D’ team. Tackyfire’s Adam Hek, Chris Booth & Elton Atkins left no room for error in a convincing 30:4 victory v Misfits. Whalley Kestrels in a tight game with no-one unbeaten on the night won away to Hyndburn TTC ‘C’ 22:17.

Division Three

Team Played Won Drawn Lost Pts

1. Hyndburn TTC E 16 9 1 6 329

2. Rolling Doals 14 11 0 3 325

3. Doals Marauders 16 9 1 6 314

4. Whalley Falcons 15 8 0 7 304

5 Doals Jetstream 14 8 0 6 291

6. KSB E 12 10 0 2 258

7. Whalley Phoenix 13 5 0 8 239

8. KSB F 13 9 0 4 234

9. Hyndburn TTC F 15 2 0 13 159

10. Doals Vikings 16 0 0 16 124

A clash at the top of Division three saw Rolling Doals triumph 21:14 v Hyndburn TTC ‘E’ to make themselves favourites for the division title. Doals Marauders though are slipping away now and lost heavily away 5:28 to Whalley Falcons whose Steve Nightingale & young Hugh Graham were 100% winners to give Falcons a hope of gaining a promotion spot if they keep this kind of momentum up in their last 3 games. KSB ‘E’ are also very much finishing strongly and with games in hand after another good 29:6 victory over Doals Vikings this week are still in hot pursuit of the promotion spot. KSB F again with an impressive clean sheet kept by Carlton Cooper made it 9 wins in a row as they won 22:12 v Hyndburn F.

From Neil Hepworth (East Lancs. Table Tennis League match reporter & Press Officer)

Email: Hepworth_neil@hotmail.com. Mob 07873834942